Consulting Engineer
- Salary
- $152.4K–$254K
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- United States
- Work type
- Remote
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Job Description Summary
Controlled Title Holders (CTHs) combine a high level of technical expertise with sound businessacumen and a good understanding of engineering processes. CTHs are part of a formal career path
for technical personnel wanting to continue to develop and grow their technical competencies while
having increasingly more impact on the business.
As recognized experts in specialized fields, they normally lead or support projects and initiatives with
broad scope and high impact to the business. They are responsible for major and complex
assignments with long-term business implications. This role contributes to the overall strategy and
manages complex issues within functional area of expertise.
Job Description
Technical Leadership
- Exercise strategic thinking and act as senior consultants to executive management of respective business lines, by providing input into the technology strategy and Multi-Generational Product Plan (MGPP).
- Lead technical risk assessments of products and systems. For example, championing the use of the DFMEA process to assess and mitigate failure modes, along with Product Safety Reviews.
- Responsible for key design gate reviews in accordance with the R&D process, which includes selecting right participants, governing review processes or tools and making sure that all actions are executed in a timely manner. Consulting Engineers are also responsible for establishing effective measures that enables engineers to perform design reviews properly in the long run.
- Lead or participate Patent Evaluation Board (PEB) to protect technology that gives the business a competitive advantage, as well as protecting the intellectual property rights of the company.
- Represent the business externally at conferences or in professional working bodies (IEC, CIGRE etc) and act as approvers for all technical publications before submission.
- Maintain active relationship with relevant academic institutions to promote research projects and other academic cooperations.
- Provide ad-hoc technical guidance to the Engineering/Technology leadership team as required, e.g., joining customer negotiations, supplier audits or lead technical rescues for most critical problems.
Engineering/Technology Practices
- Safeguard design qualities with the support of business line Quality function. Organize lessons-learnt in one’s own domain and make sure they are well documented and communicated throughout the organization to prevent repeated mistakes.
- Lead or mentor initiatives for streamlining and improving engineering processes, e.g., Root Cause Analysis process for engineering failures.
- Champion lean awareness across the technical community within the business line.
Competency Governance
- Rotate chairpersonship for Grid Solutions Competency Council for their respective disciplines.
- Develop technical competencies by establishing and delivering structured technical training schemes across Grid Solutions.
People Development
- Actively support the Engineering and Technology leadership team with staff development & succession planning.
- Participate interviews for promotions or hirings within Engineering/Technology up to the level of Principal Engineer.
- Actively mentor and coach identified high potential Engineering talents both within and across business lines.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Science
- At least 15 years of experience in an engineering capacity
Desired Characteristics
- Preferably having taken a Principal Engineer role
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Able to pursue Engineering integrity in adverse conditions
- Able to interface effectively with all levels of the organization
- Lean experience preferred
Additional Information
GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
About Us
Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it.
If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different.
Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver.
Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com